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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Cummings, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Cummings and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Cummings:
- 47.512462, -97.079576
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Cummings
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Traill County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Traill County
- Since Cummings is near Grand Forks County and also Polk County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grand Forks County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Polk County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Cummings
Communities Also Named Cummings ...
We found seventeen communities that are also named Cummings.
Within North Dakota, the name Cummings is unique.
Beyond North Dakota, we know of seventeen communities that are located in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- El Dorado County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Cummings [El Dorado County].
- Mendocino County
- This Cummings is located in Mendocino County and lies 1,419 miles [2,283.7 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Cummings that is located in Traill County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mendocino County community of Cummings.
- Florida
- Indian River County
- This Cummings is located in Indian River County and lies 1,628 miles [2,620 km]<2> to the southeast of the Cummings that is located in Traill County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Indian River County community of Cummings.
- Orange County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Cummings [Orange County].
- Illinois
- Cook County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Cummings [Cook County].
- Kansas
- Atchison County
- This Cummings is located in Atchison County and lies 563 miles [906.1 km]<2> to the south of the Cummings that is located in Traill County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Atchison County community of Cummings.
- Maine
- York County
- This Cummings is located in York County and lies 1,300 miles [2,092.1 km]<2> to the east of the Cummings that is located in Traill County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the York County community of Cummings.
- Minnesota
- Polk County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Cummings [Polk County].
- Missouri
- Carter County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Cummings [Carter County].
- New York
- Washington County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Cummings [Washington County].
- Ohio
- Wood County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Cummings [Wood County].
- Pennsylvania
- Indiana County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Cummings [Indiana County].
- South Carolina
- Hampton County
- This Cummings is located in Hampton County and lies 1,319 miles [2,122.7 km]<2> to the southeast of the Cummings that is located in Traill County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hampton County community of Cummings.
- Tennessee
- White County
- This Cummings is located in White County and lies 999 miles [1,607.7 km]<2> to the southeast of the Cummings that is located in Traill County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the White County community of Cummings.
- Texas
- Sterling County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Cummings [Sterling County].
- Williamson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Cummings [Williamson County].
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- This Cummings is located in Salt Lake County and lies 868 miles [1,396.9 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Cummings that is located in Traill County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Cummings.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Cummings ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Anthony
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Anthony is located in Norman County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony
- Climax
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Climax is located in Polk County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
- Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
- Fisher
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Fisher is located in Polk County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Galesburg
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Greenfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Hunter
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Mayville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Murray
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Murray is located in Traill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
- Roseville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
How Far From Cummings to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Cummings to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Cummings and extending to:
- Hillsboro, which is the Seat of Traill County, lies just to the South.
- Bismarck, which is the State Capital of North Dakota, lies 179 miles [288.1 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Cummings to Bismarck, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take a little over three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 11 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,166 miles [1,876.5 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 46 days and walking would take 67 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,207 miles [9,989.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,969 miles [11,215.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,907 miles [7,897.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Cummings could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cummings) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Cummings, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <6> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Cummings to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cummings. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.5125, Longitude: -97.0796 |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.053 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.626 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.136 degrees. |
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